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Leicester geologist to present rock-licking trick for Hallowe’en treat at Royal Institution
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/geologist-rock-licking-halloween-royal-institution
Professor Jan Zalasiewicz joins panel at the Royal Institution on 31 October with other winners of Ig Nobel Prizes to explain their winning work for a public audience
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Discovery of plant reproductive success provides insights into human fertility
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/plant-reproduction-fertility-chromosomes-leicester
University of Leicester researchers have uncovered how successful chromosome segregation during sexual reproduction is achieved in plants.
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Hide marks from students in Blackboard
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2016/07/05/hide-marks-from-students-in-blackboard/
Posted by Stephen Walker in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on July 5, 2016 When you set up a Turnitin assignment you have to choose a Post Date. This is the date that students will be able to see their grades and comments via GradeMark.
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Professor Bunce on the BBC Life Scientific
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/06/09/professor-bunce-on-the-bbc-life-scientific/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 9 June 2020 Professor Emma Bunce spoke to Jim al-Khalili about her fascination with the gas giants for the BBC’s Life Scientific on Radio 4.
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Sol 0
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/06/sol-0/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 6, 2012 I have just been part of the most exciting science meeting I have ever yet been in for any work – MSL, or otherwise.
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https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/sapphire/author/es225/
I'm an experienced qualitative researcher and part-time PhD student.
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Turnitin and GradeMark changes
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2016/07/13/turnitin-and-grademark-changes/
Posted by Catherine Leyland in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on July 13, 2016 We now have a new version of Turnitin that looks quite different but mostly works in the same way.
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How to create a simple podcast using Audacity
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2016/06/17/how-to-create-a-simple-podcast-using-audacity/
Posted by Rachel Tunstall in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on June 17, 2016 Audio recordings and Podcasts are a good way to aid learning, and to use as a form of assessment.
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What a week!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/licl/2015/03/05/what-a-week/
Posted by Dawn Watkins in Law in Children's Lives on March 5, 2015 Children playing ‘Adventures with Lex’ Well – what an exciting week this has been.
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Embed a YouTube video in Blackboard
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2016/06/27/embed-a-youtube-video-in-blackboard/
Posted by Stephen Walker in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on June 27, 2016 Adding YouTube videos to your Blackboard course is a good way to provide engaging content.